Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17911, James Flint, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Flint, James or James L Jerusha
W. 17911
CONTENTS

Le. to Hon. Julius Rockwell, March 30, 49 Cuts to P. C. G. 18 July 1851 To Albany N.Y. 4 March 1851, note sent to S. D. Perkins. Albany, N.Y. 16 July 1851
P. 157 New York (R. Alb., Massachusetts )
Jemima Flint widow of James or James L. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergeant.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Feb. 1849. and sent to
Hon. J. Rockwell M.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 48 Vol. 2

Mrs. Flint Case.

I Stephen Barnum of Egremont in the county of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do depose and say that I was well acquainted with James L. Flint a Soldier of the American Revolution at the time he was in the Revolutionary Service. in the year 1780. this deponent Enlisted as a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army. James L. Flint at that time was an orderly Sergeant in the Regiment commanded by Col. Durkey. I think he also belonged to a company commanded by John Durkey capt. said James L. Flint knew the articles of my enlistment. said Flint was an enlisted Soldier - he was in the service at West point in Capt Reeds company. Also at the Highlands. This deponent served with said Flint three years in the same Regiment except the time when I was drafted to go to the south at the taking of Cornwallis, said Flint was in the service some time before I enlisted. I think two or three years before I knew him to be a soldier. one year or more before I enlisted said Flint was in Danbury in the State of Connecticut. I knew said James L. Flint from the time before I enlisted to the day of his death - as far as I can recollect said James L. Flint and Jerusha his wife came to reside in Alford, Mass. about thirty years since - and they lived together as Husband & Wife until the decease of said Flint - said Flint & his wife had several Children - to wit Hulda, Susanna, Lucy, Charles, Hannah, Sanford, Amanda & John - are all that I now recollect - the aforesaid Jerusha is now the Widow of James L. Flint and is the same woman that was his Wife - and further this deponent saith not -
Stephen Barnum

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire Oct. 22 nd 1838.
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid Stephen Barnum well known to me and who made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed according to his best knowledge and belief. I further Certify that the abovenamed deponent is a credible witness.
C. H. Shickland Just. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss.
On this 13 th day of November A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Judge of Probate for the district of Berkshire. Jerusha Flint a resident of Alford in said County of Berkshire aged sixty six last March, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of James Flint who sometimes was called James L. Flint late of Alford in said County, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary Army, & served as an orderly sergeant for some portion of the time he was in the Service. he has told me that when he first went into the Service he was a waiter to Col. Durbey, that he afterwards enlisted as a soldier & served for something like seven years in the whole, she recollects hearing him say that Capt Reed was one of his company officers. Other, she does not recollect after she has an indistinct impression that he was also commanded by Capt John Durbey. She well remembers hearing him say that he was at West Point, at the Highlands, at Danbury & was drafted to go to the South at the taking of Savannah. The deponent further says that her husband has frequently named places & battles in which he was during his service, when many fell at his side, but he was providentially preserved. Her husband James L. Flint was a resident at Windham Conn. at the time he entered the Service, after the close of the war. This deponent first became acquainted with Mr Flint at Tyringham Massachusetts.
She further says that she was married to P. James Flint on the 27 th Feby. A.D. 1789. by Gilely Jackson Esquire late of Tyringham a Justice of the Peace & that her husband after P. died on the 20 th day of October A.D. 1812 or twenty six years ago last October. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the 1 st day of January seventeen hundred & ninety four. viz at the time above stated.
Witness R. F. Darnad
Jerusha Flint mark
Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year above stated.
William P. Walcutt Judge of Probate

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
ms.
March 6, 1924
Mrs. Charles N. Haas 10 Crossmon St. Alexandria Bay, N.Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.17911 , it appears that James Lazel or Alazel Flint , while a resident of Windham, Connecticut, enlisted and served in Captain John Durkee's Company, Colonel Durkee's Connecticut Regiment, dates not stated. Prior to 1780 he served one year and eight months in Colonel Return J. Meigs' 6th Connecticut Regiment and during 1780 he served nine months as a private and three months as a Corporal in said regiment. He also served one year, 1781, as Sergeant in Captain Reed's Company, Colonel Zebulon Butler's Connecticut Regiment.
He married at Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, February 27, 1789, Jerusha (maiden name not stated) who was born March 1772. He died at Alford, Massachusetts, October 16 or 18, 1812. She was allowed pension on her application executed November 13, 1838, while a resident of Alford, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

They had the following children: Huldah, Susanna, Lucy, Charles, Sanford, Amanda, John, living in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts in 1838, and Hannah Maria, with whom widow was living in Albany, New York, in 1851.
Respectfully,
Commissioner

Rev WIDOW, &c.
No. 17911 Jernsha Flint widow of James L Flint Sergt New Was
Act: Feb 28 48 Box: Vol. CH Page 248
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1907 Oct 21 Heed to Mrs. A Colt. C. H. H. Bridgeport, Ct. Oct 30 Heed to H. P. H. H. H. June 6 Heed to Raymond E. Van Dyke May 10 Heed to Mrs. C. A. Miller July 23 Heed to Mrs. Albert O. Clark July 3 Heed to Mrs. A. J. Theadway that action has been for all. O. Clark as adhoe. May 20 Heed to Madel M. Jones. June 46 Heed to Mrs. Chas. M. Haas. mrs

FLINT, JAMES (CONN.) W-17911

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston September 16 1848
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Isaac L. Dickerson was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Berkshire,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
J. D. Sleeper
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

FLINT, JAMES (CONN.) W-17911

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
Berkshire COUNTY, }
On this fourth day of September 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Jerusha Flint a resident of Alford in the county of Berkshire aforesaid aged Seventy six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of James L. Flint who was a resident of Alford Massachusetts and who was a Sergeant in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of one hundred & twenty dollars and cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Jerusha Flint mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me,
and year above written, }
In presence of
Ezra C. Litchfield
John B. Folsom
Ezra C. Litchfield Justice of the Peace.
* Certify. That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Ezra C. Litchfield
Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
COUNTY, }
Clerk of the Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this
day of 18
CLERK.

Instructions under the act of 1844. sent to E. F. Brainerd Sheffield Mass., July 26. 44
Publ Oct 19
2284.
Massachusetts
Cerusha Flint
widow of James Flint & J. B. L. Flint who was a Sergeant Comm the line in the the line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Oct. 1843 and sent to J. Sumner Great Barrington Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book d Vol. 1. Page 42.

Massachusetts - 1484
Jerusha Flint, widow of James Flint, of Decd. James L. Flint - }
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the (26 th ) October, 1872- of Berkshire Co. in the State of Mass'ts.
who was a Serjt - in the compy commanded by Captain Reed - of the Reg't commanded by Col. Durkee in the Mass'ts Conn line for 2 years Serjeant.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts. at the rate of 120 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Decem- ber, 1838 - and Hon. G. M. Briggs, A. D.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 - $300:00 Semi-annual allowance ending Feb. '39 - 60:00
$360.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Pellish Clerk. Book A. Vol. 1, Page 87.

STATE OF OHIO, } HURON COUNTY, ss.
I, David Gibbs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said county of Huron, do certify that Morris Olmsted
is a lawful Magistrate, as above; and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court, at Norwalk, this 22 nd day of October A. D. 1838
D. Gibbs
CLERK, H. C. P.

Pittsfield (Mass) March 26. 1869 J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir
Allow me to enclose a letter to me from Mr Ezra C Dikeman, of Alford, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, relating to the pension application of Mrs Jerusha Flint, of said Alford. The letter I presume was sent to me while at Washington.
Very respectfully your obedient servant Julius Rockwell.

3589 Jerusha Flint 1484 Case
on Rolls Meigs.
admd 2 years Sept. 120
No deduction
Hm G N Bugg H.R. Dec 18

Stephen Baums
Sept. 2 nd
in the case of Mrs. Fluke, petition for annuity of the Husband, pay as a Soldier of the Revolution.

I Stephen Barnum of Alford in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, do testify and say, that I am now seventy five years of age, that I am now a pensioner under the laws of Congress granting pensions to soldiers of the Revolution, that I was well acquainted with James Flint who died in this town sometime between twenty and thirty years ago, while he was in the Service. That when he first became acquainted with James, he was acting as a sergeant of a company attached to a Regiment of Connecticut Troops commanded by Col. Dillsey, that he then understood he had been in the Service for sometime before I know that he continued in the Service for sometime afterwards, and until the close of the war - how long he served I do not know . The deponent further says, that after the close of the war, and according to his  his recollection, about thirty years ago the said James moved into this town and resided here until his death. At the time of his coming into this town he was married and had children, and the deponent well knows the widow of said James is now residing with one of her children in Egremont in this County & that her name is Jerusha. The deponent believes that said James died poor, & his widow has always depended for the support of her family upon her own labor, and now, from her advanced age must soon be in some degree dependent upon her children for support - and further says not. Stephen Barnum
Berkshire ss. July 5 th 1838. Then the above named Stephen Barnum personal appeared before me and made solemn oath that facts stated in the foregoing affidavit by him signed are true. Further certify that the said Barnum is a credible witness. H. H. Russell Jr. of the Bar

To John Flint of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire and Com- -monwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do hereby and say, that I am a son of Samuel S. & Jerusha Flint. That my mother is now a widow residing in Alford in this County & is now making her applica- tion for a pension under the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. granting to certain widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war pensions on account of their husband's services in said war. That at her request I have been to the town of Tyringham in this County, where my mother states her mar- -riage to have taken place, and made inquiry & search for the records of Giles Jackson Esquire late of said town a justice of the peace for this County. etc. and have been unable to find them. I further say that I have also made inquiry & search at the town clerk's office in said town of Tyringham, for the records of marriages of my father and mother. when I was informed by the town clerk of said town that there was no record thereof upon any book of re- -cords belonging to said town now in his possession. and he further informed me that he had been frequently appointed to search for records of marriages on said books before & that after the most careful exam- -ination he had never been able to find any of so early a period as 1789. and further says not. John Flint
Berkshire Ss. On this 3 rd day of December A.D. 1838 personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace John Flint and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed and the facts therein stated were true. I further certify that the said John Flint is a credible witness R. T. Bane and Jas. of the Peace

Mr. John Flint 50 Shuffield Berkshire Co Care of N. F. Barnard Esq. Wap- Engt.
The within is the application of Charles Jackson taken and sealed by me - Mr. Charles Jackson Esq. B.A.

Charles Jackson Depo. Mr. Flint.

The Deposition of Charles Jackson of the Town of Norwalk County of Huron & State of Ohio, Taken at Norwalk aforesaid on the twenty second day of October one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight. Who Depposeth and saith. That he is the Son of Giles Jackson Esquire late of Lyvingham in the County of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts deceased, That he lived with his Father at the time of his death, and that the Books & papers belonging to his Father at the time of his decease came into his possession as one of the Executors of his Father's Estate. And the deponent further saith, that he has not the Justice Docket or record of marriages made by his late Father and has no knowledge of having seen them since the decease of his late Father and knows not where they or either of them can be found. And further this deponent saith not. —
Charles Jackson
I Morris Olmsted Justice of the peace for Norwalk Township County of Huron State of Ohio do hereby certify that Charles Jackson was by me sworn to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and that the above deposition by him subscribed was reduced to writing by him and taken at the time and place therein written and that the said Charles Jackson is a credible witness, and one of the Justices of the peace for the Township of Norwalk.
Mr. Olmsted Just. Peace
The above deposition
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22 d day of October A.D. 1838
Mr. Olmsted Just. Peace

Githersville N.Y. Nov 27
1854
Mr John Flint Sheffield Massachusetts

State of New-York
Otsego County } 30 On this 19th day of November 1838
personally appeared before me Hiram
Kinne Judge of Otsego County Court, Ruth Millard aged fifty five years who having been by me first duly sworn deposed and said that she is the sister of Jerucia Flint the widow of James L. Flint that the said James L. and Jerucia were married at Tyringham Berkshire County State of Massachusetts in the year 1789 deponent thinks in February that she the said Ruth was present at their wedding that she does not recollect the name of the person who married them but she does well recollect that a black man by the name of Jacklyn played on a violin at their wedding and further deponent saith not
Sworn & Subscribed on the day and year above said before
Ruth Millard
Hiram Kinne Judge of Otsego County Court
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Ruth Millard that she is a credible person and worthy to be believed
Hiram Kinne Judge of Otsego County Court
" State of New York } Otsego County } I the undersigned clerk of said County do hereby certify that Hiram Kinne Esq before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Judge in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn and further

that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe his name Subscription to the within affidavit and the annexed Certificate to be his genuine Signature
Witness my hand & Seal at office this 27 th day of November 1838
Peter Rosecrans

State of New York } City & County of Albany } S.
Gertrude Flint a resident of said city, being duly sworn, says that she is now a Prisoner of the United States, under the Act of 3 February 1848 at the rate of $120. per annum; that her Pension Certificate is dated 9 th March 1849. that her name is on the roll of the Boston Agency, where her Pension has hitherto been paid - That she has until or about the 30 th day April 1857. resided in the town of Alford in the County of Berkshire State of Massachusetts - (That since that time she has resided in the City of Albany with her daughter, with whom she intends & expects to reside during the remainder of her life - She therefore requests that her name may be transferred from the roll of the Boston Agency to the roll of the Albany Agency.
Sworn to & subscribed to, 26 th day of June 1857 before me.
Gertrude Flint her mark
John D. Perkins Notary Public
State of New York } City & County of Albany } S.
Hannah Maria Flint of the City of Albany, being duly sworn says that she is the daughter of the above named Gertrude

Think, that they will be together in said City, and that the facts within State of in said Mother's Affidavit are true Sworn to & Subscribed to Heinrich Hartmann before me this 26 th day of June 1857. John H. Estlin Notary Public

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Berkshire, ss.
I Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that Robert A. Barnard Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Barnard and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth; this eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eighth . C. Sedgwick CLERK.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Berkshire, ss.
I Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that General R. Stickland Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Stickland and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth; this eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight . C. Sedgwick CLERK.

Mr John Flint Sheffield Massachusetts
1661 1791
Certificate of Amelia Compton of the State of Vermont

Comptrollers Office Hartford Connecticut March 30th 1837
I certify that the name of James Flint appears on the Books of the Connecticut Line, as a Private, under the head of "Settlement with the 6th Connecticut Regt Return L Morigs Col before 1730" and he is credited for one year & eight months service £40-, James S. Flint is also credited for nine months service as a Private and three three months as a corporal, in the same Regt in 1730,
James S. Flint is also credited for one years service as a Sergeant, in Col Zebediah Butlers Regt in 1731, £36-,
I further certify that the credit for services of James S. Flint in 1730 is carried to the account of James Flint in the Sledger, amounting to £25 6- 4-,
Wm Field Comptroller

Whereas I, Jerusha Flint, Widow of James L. Flint, am a Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of $120 per annum, on the roll of the Boston Agency, under act 2 nd July 1840 and am advised that I am entitled to an increase of pension on account of the services of my late Husband, as an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, my present pension having been granted for his services as a Sergeant. Now therefore, I hereby constitute & appoint Henry H. Sylvester of the City of Washington, my true & lawful Attorney to investigate & prosecute my claim to an increased pension. My said Husband is described in my pension Certificate as "James or James L. Flint".
Witness my hand & Seal this 26 th day of June 1857.
Executed in presence of John H. Jenkins
Jerusha his Flint Mark
State of New York City & County of Albany ss. On this 26 th day of June 1857, before me, a Notary Public in & for said City & County, personally appeared Jerusha Flint above named, & known to be the person above described, and acknowledged the above power of Attorney to be her act & deed. Witness my hand & official seal, on the twenty-sixth day of June last above written.
John H. Jenkins Notary Public
State of New York

State of New York City & County of Albany ss.
Enusha (Flint now of the City of Albany being duly sworn, says she is the identical person described in the within Power of Attorney, & is directly interested in the claim for increased Pension therein mentioned Sworn to & subscribed
this 26 th day of June 1857 before me. John H. Lending Notary Public
Enusha X Flint mark Enusha Flint E.P.A. July 22 1857
Nov 1857 Enusha Flint

Jas. E. Heath Esq.

Sir,
Pension Agents' Office Boston 10 July 1851
In reply to your letter of 8 th inst. I have to state that Jerusha Flint widow of James L. Flint, a Pensioner at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum under the Act of 2 d February 1848 was last paid at this Agency on 12 th April 1851 to 4 March 1851.
The Directions in your letter will be complied with.
Very Respectfully Your obedt servt
Franklin Haven
Pension Agent
Jas. E. Heath Esq. Comm r of Pensions.

Albany July 2 o 1857.
James E. Heath Esq Comm r of Pensions
Sir
Mrs. Phebe (Slint) a Pensioner under the act of 2 o (Febry 1848) on the roll of the Boston (Mass) Agency & now residing here, requests me to forward her application (which I enclose) to be transferred to the Albany Agency.
Please address your answer to my care.
I am Sir Very Respectfully Yr Servt John G. Jenkins

Home of Representatives March 3. 1849
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions. Sir
I beg your attention to the following cases.
Mrs Jerusha Flint, Alford, Mass.
Mrs Rachel Palmer - Otis - Mass.
I have had urgent letters concerning such cases.
If necessary please write me at Pittsfield - Mass
Very respectfully your obed t Servt Julius Rockwell

Alford Mass. Jan'y 24/49.
E. C. Dickmor
Has there been action on Mrs Isabella Dickmor's pension claim
4151-48 (Ms)
J38.
TO Rec Feb 10/49 Pension Office
Miss Ansand Application sent to Rev. Richard Alford D.D. 6. July. 49
Hon William L. Marcy, Secretary of War Washington D.C.
Ans

Hon William L Marcy Secretary of War - Sir
I am requested by Mrs Jerusha Flint wife of the late James L. Flint a revolutionary pensioner of Alford County of Berkshire and State of Mass to state, that, a Declaration duly executed for the purpose of drawing her pension under the Act of 2 nd February 1848 was forwarded by Col. Bulfinch to the War Department in Sept r last - - That she has received no pension Certificate yet and consequently is unable to draw her pension that is now due - That she is under pecuniary circumstances and would like to be informed by the Department what further steps (if any) it will be necessary for her to take in order to secure her pension that she so much requires Yours &c E. C. Stearnes
Alford Jan 31. 1849

Miss
June 17 1844
Arenah Fowler
Jenksa Flub
Free FREE
J. A. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Shippensburg Pa. July 20. 1844
Col. J. L. Caccavio, Commr of Pensions
Sir
I am requested to send you the inclosed applications for pensions. Will you please examine them and send me the result?
I am Sir very resp ly Your obed serv t C. F. Culligan

2483
July 8. 43
S
Mass.
Mar. 3 rd 1843
PAID
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions Washington
D.C.
$120 per ann. $120 per ann.
J Sumner Great Barrington
Mass.

Great Barrington July 6. 1843
Hon J. L. Edwards
Dr Sir
I enclose Mrs Flint's application for a pension - She believes that documents showing her claim most fully are in the War Department -
She says her husband sometimes wrote his name without the middle letter - this middle name was Alazel or Lazel She thinks the former - It is possible some discrepancy may exist between the name now sent & the one on your files but I presume not - She is very uneducated but is honest & her claim unquestionably fair -
Some time since I forwarded an application for Mrs Mary Pynchon widow of Walter Pynchon who drew under the act of 1838 - but have heard nothing from it - Will you permit me to refer your attention to it?
Very Respectfully
J. Sumner

2483
$120 per ann
J. Sumner Great Barrington Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire ss. - On this twenty third day of June in the year eighteen hundred forty three personally appeared before Deborah Sumner Squire one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County of Berkshire, Jerusha Flint of Alford in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. - That she is the widow of James L. Flint who was an orderly sergeant in the Army of the Revolution (she cannot state the Regiment) and under the act of July 7, 1838, she received a pension of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow,
Signed in presence of us
D. Sumner
Reuben Wilder }
Jerusha my Flint Mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me - and I certify that the declarant is personally known to me
D. Sumner
Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss.
Charles Sedgwick clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify that Increase Sumner Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Erusha Flint was taken made & sworn to on said 28 th day of June a justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 30 day of June 1843.
Charles Sedgwick Clerk

State of Massachusetts Berkshire County } ss
on this eight day of July A.D. 1844
personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Berkshire Jerusha Flint, a resident of Alford in said County aged 72 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 17 th day of June A.D. 1844 granting or extending pensions to certain widows of persons who served in the War of the Revolution that she is the Widow of James, L. Flint, who was she thinks an orderly sergeant in the army of the Revolution and served according to her declaration now in the possession of the War Department and to which she now refers to for the time place and circumstances therein stated These facts having now passed out of her recollection she further says that the annual amount of pension which she received under the act of the 7 th of July 1838 and under the act of the 3 rd day of March A.D. 1843 was one hundred & twenty dollars per annum She further declares that she is now the Widow of James, L. Flint late of Alford deceased Geo P Harker } Jerusha her Flint George Crane mark Sworn to and subscribed on the day

and year before and within written before the subscriber and I do further certify that I - have been long acquainted with the above named declarant Jerusha Flint and believe her to be the same to whom the pension within named was granted and that she is a credible witness
Geo. Hoster Justice of the Peace
Berkshire ss. I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the supreme judicial court for said county do certify that George Hoster by before whom the foregoing declaration of Jerusha Flint was made & sworn to, on the eighth day of July instant a Justice of the peace within & for said county duly commisioned & qualified & that I truly believe the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto my hand & affixed the seal of said court this ninth day of July 1844 Charles Sedgwick Clerk

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Commissions er of Pensions, O. W. & N. Division, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: Gentlemen:-
I desire to obtain a statement of the military history of James (or James L.) Flint, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
From documents I have heretofore seen, I copied this memorandum:-
V.L.M. Wid. File 17911
Which may be of assistance to you in finding the record.
Respectfully,
H. P. Thistlethwaite, East Rochester Monroe Co. New York.

1000.7.12
December 4, 1920.
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions.
Please send Military History of James L. Flint who served in the Revolutionary War 1780 - 1781. as Private, Corporal and Sergeant, under Captains Dunkle and — Reed. a record of his service will probably be found in Revolutionary war Records Section & L. M. W. F. 17911. and oblige
— Mrs. G. A. Miller.
644 Clay Ave.
— Scranton Pa.

MRS. CHAS. N. HAAS 10 CROSSMON STREET ALEXANDRIA BAY, N. Y.
January 30 - 1924
U. S. Pension Office,
Will you kindly inform me of the dates when James L. Flint (Rev. soldier) was born and married he died in 1815 according to records I have. He married Jerusha Paddock Warren; sister of General Joseph Warren. He enlisted from Windham Conn. and his widow drew a pension up to about 1852 she lived either in Alford or Sheffield Mass. Please send any additional information you may have.
Thanking you I am
Mrs. Chas. N. Haas Alexandria Bay New York.

Rev. Mr. Lee Massachusetts. Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions -
My dear Commissioner Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension application made by Jerusha Flint for the services of her husband James L. Flint who served from Windham Co. Conn. 1778-80 ? and all information possible. (U.S. JAN 4 1921 PENSION OFFICE) Also did John Bradford or wife Elizabeth receive a pension? John Bradford established the

"Kentucky Gazette" at Lexington Ky. 1787. She had a son born in same place in 1777.
Would be pleased with any information you may be able to give me. Thanking you
I am, Sincerely,
Lillian A. Clark. Registrar Ausotunnong Chapter D.A.R.
Mrs. Albert B. Clark 83 Franklin St.

To the Pension Bureau of Washington D. C.
Dear Sir -
Please send me the service of James L. Flint - on whose service Jerusha Warren-Flint his widow, rec d a pension about 1841. She lived & was buried in Alford Mass. in 1852.
Kindly form me with an early reply & oblige Mrs. Robert E. Hoalvi 494 E. Washington Ave. Bridgeport Conn.

THE MICHIGAN SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Rev Sec and
OFFICERS
CLARENCE M. BURTON PRESIDENT
JACOB S. FARRAND, JR. VICE-PRESIDENT
RAYMOND E. VAN SYCKLE SECRETARY
FRANKLIN S. DEWEY REGISTRAR
REV. JOSEPH A. VANCE, D. D. CHAPLAIN
CHARLES MOORE HISTORIAN
FRANK G. SMITH TREASURER
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 1729 FORD BUILDING DETROIT, MICHIGAN
May 20-1917
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir -
Please advise services and family data contained in application for pension Rev. War. James H. Flint , dead 1815, Widow Jerusha Flint , granted pension Oct. 1835, died about 1837, Alford or Sheffield, Mass.
Raymond E. Van Sycke

SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
ALLEN T. TREADWAY FIRST DIST. MASSACHUSETTS
JOSEPH W. FORDNEY, MICH., CHAIRMAN.    WILLIAM R. GREEN, IOWA.  CLAUDE KITCHIN, N. C.    NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, OHIO.  HENRY T. RAINEY, ILL.    WILLIS C. HAWLEY, OREG.  CORDELL HULL, TENN.    ALLEN T. TREADWAY, MASS.  JOHN N. GARNER, TEX.    IRA C. COOLEY, ILL.  JAMES W. COLLIER, MISS.    LUTHER W. MOTT, N. Y.  CLEMENT C. DICKINSON, MO.    GEORGE M. YOUNG, N. DAK.  WILLIAM A. OLDFIELD, ARK.    JAMES A. FREAR, WIS.  CHARLES R. GRISP, GA.    JOHN E. TILSON, CONN.  JOHN F. CAREW, N. Y.    ISAAC BACHARACH, N. J.  WHITMELL P. MARTIN, LA.    LINDLEY H. HADLEY, WASH.     CHARLES E. TIMBERLAKE, COLO.  ERNEST W. GAMP, CLERK.    GEORGE M. BOWERS, W. VA.  CLAYTON F. MOORE, ASST. CLERK.    HENRY W. WATSON, PA.  A. V. MEEKER, ASST. CLERK.  
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COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Feb. 24, 1921.
Hon. F. D. Byington, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed is letter I have received from the Registrar of the D. A. R. Chapter in Lee, Mass., inquiring about the record of James L. Flint, who served in the Revolutionary War May 1, 1778. Can you provide the information requested?
Thanking you for your interest, I am
Sincerely yours,
Allen T. Treadway
Enc.

Rev. War Section.
V.L.M.
February 25, 1931.
Hon. Allen T. Treadway, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Treadway:
In response to your letter dated the 34" instant, and the enclosed letter from Mrs. Albert B. Clark, of 83 Franklin Street Lee, Massachusetts, I have the honor to advise you that the information asked for by Mrs. Clark was furnished her on February 23, 1931.
Very respectfully,
H. A. Royse.
Acting Commissioner.

1715. Hero.
BONNIE VIEW FRUIT FARM
C. H. TRUE, PROP.
EDGEWOOD, IA. April 30 1921
Bureau of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Please send me record of James Flint who served in Revolutionary War - He applied for pension in 1832. Served from Windham Conn. Please let me know if you have any record of his descendants.
Very truly yours
Mabel M. True.